*This gluten free & dairy free dining experience took place in June 2019.

Lunch at Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory

Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory, located at Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter Resort, is a quick service restaurant that serves up New Orleans inspired meals. It’s also the spot where you can get allergy-friendly beignets at Disney World — making it the perfect place for a meal or a snack. Recently, I had lunch at Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory with my good friend Ron who was visiting the Disney Parks & Resorts.

Dinner at Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory

Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory, located at Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter, is one of my favorite quick service resort restaurants on Disney property. Serving up gluten free, dairy free, and vegan beignets along with great New Orleans inspired food, what’s not to love? Plus, Chef Tony and his team are really amazing at accommodating guests with special dietary needs that are delicious and don’t make you feel like you’re missing out on New Orleans flavors. So, it’s a definite favorite with my family. Recently, we stopped by for dinner because Brandon and I didn’t feel like cooking one night. Plus, we hadn’t actually tried some of Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory’s dinner offerings which include steak and custom rice bowls.

Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory, located at Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter Resort, is one of my favorite quick service locations. With N’Awlins inspired food and decor, you’ll be ready to “let the good times roll” when you dine here…especially since it’s home to gluten free & dairy free beignets!

On this particular occasion, I was greeted by Chef Tony. He showed me the new allergy friendly menus, and after some debating, I settled on the 1/3 lb Angus Avocado Burger with French fries and a side of remoulade. On my previous visit, I had the grilled fish sandwich which I enjoyed a lot but wanted something different.

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As you can see from my photo, I had a huge sandwich and serving of fries and a giant container of remoulade. Yes, you know the chefs know you well when they serve you condiments in a large container.

The sandwich itself was served on a Local Oven bun and well cooked. I enjoyed the addition of the avocado on the sandwich, and, of course, added some remoulade on it to round out the flavors. The French fries dipped in remoulade continue to be my favorite way to eat fries. So so good (trust me on this one!).

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For dessert, I had to get some beignets. Deep fried and smothered in powdered sugar, even though I was totally full from my dinner, I had to enjoy these sweet treats. Piping hot is the best way to eat them, and they really are perfect for any meal. (Go ahead, eat them for breakfast like they do in New Orleans; no judgement here!)

Have you been to Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory? What did you order when you dined there?

Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory located at Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter Resort completely evokes New Orleans. With vibrant music playing in the background, N’awlins inspired fare, and Mardi Gras style theming, you’ll swear you landed on Bourbon Street when you dine here. I’ve enjoyed many meals here, but of course, Sassagoula’s claim to fame are the gluten free beignets. I’ve spent entirely too many visits here covered in powdered sugar after eating these deep-fried gems, so to say it’s a favorite spot to visit is an understatement.

On this particular occasion, I stopped by to grab lunch (and beignets, of course!). Chef Tony greeted me with the new allergy-friendly lunch and dinner menu available at Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory. You can also check out their breakfast menu here on the blog too. There were quite a few choices for both gluten and dairy free, and options to customize others not on the list as well. On a previous visit, I had a chicken sandwich (Po’Boy style) so this time I opted for the fish sandwich, which was a favorite of mine over at Riverside Mill (hello, remoulade!)

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I told Chef Tony to surprise me with a side dish, and he brought me out a bounty of French fries with a side of Remoulade (which is dairy free, as it is mayonnaise-based). Ah, I love it when the chefs at Disney restaurants know you all too well.

This sandwich itself was delicious. The bun (which was Local Oven) was nicely toasted and worked really well with the sandwich (and the perfect vessel for remoulade goodness). The fish that day was Mahi Mahi, which is a fish I enjoy a lot. It has a great texture and isn’t too flaky like cod or tilapia. It really holds up well in sandwich form.

The fries were standard Disney fries but became transformed immediately when using my extra remoulade as a dipping sauce. If you like sauces, I can highly recommend this…mayonnaise-based sauces and fries were made for each other!

Of course no visit to Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory is complete without an order of beignets — and these did not disappoint (really, how can anything deep fried and covered in powdered sugar?!). I love that these are gluten free, dairy free, egg free, soy free, and vegan! Want to recreate them at home? You can totally do that with the recipe from Port Orleans French Quarter!

As always, I enjoyed my lunch at Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory. They are consistently terrific at handling special dietary needs, have unique options like beignets, and the food is excellent. It’s definitely one of my favorite resort quick service locations!

Have you been to Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory? What did you order there?